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Fentex

Such a list of things so favourable to Conservatives is so staggering I wondered for a moment; where did MI5 hide the bodies of the Labour representatives they’ve replaced with dopplegangers?

It takes a moment to pause and realise one persons recounting of what they claim are this guys opinions (who I’ve never heard of and have no idea of what context or accuracy there are to the claims) is not the Labour parties policies.

Not that I suspect it would matter – what’s the bet that like Labour here Labour in the UK is about to go through a quick succession of leaders?

Sam A

Brigitte

er “forcing Northern Ireland to leave the UK” – shouldn’t he have joined Sinn Fein.

As for Buck Palace, well I went there. Not my style though it might be for the 90 year old queen. Mind you, she didn’t even bother to say hello or offer me a cuppa. So I left disappointed having come half way around the world to visit.

Unilateral nuclear disarmament worked really well for Ukraine, didn’t it?

Imagine what would happen to Israel if they got rid of their nukes.

No-one but no-one has messed with the French since they got the bomb.

Imagine what would happen to either India or Pakistan if one side or the other decided to go nuke-free.

Imagine the Free World without the American nuclear umbrella. Go on, try. There wouldn’t be a Free World.

The moral of the story: If you have nukes, keep them.

The vast majority of countries get along perfectly well without nuclear weapons. New Zealand, just to take one example, hasn’t been invaded once even though we decided to slide out from under the US’s ‘nuclear umbrella’ thirty years ago.
The ‘free world’, aka rich countries, does not need US imperial militarists blundering about the planet creating one humanitarian disaster after the next. As for Israel, they are the pre-eminent regional military superpower without nuclear weapons. Ukraine’s problems are more a consequence of the West’s preference for supporting anti-Russian neo-nazi regimes than any lack of a nuclear arsenal, the prospect of the current bunch of crazies running amok in the Ukraine possessing nuclear weapons is quite terrifying. The UK does not need a nuclear arsenal; against whom would the UK use nuclear weapons?

Inandout

Corbyn has epitomised how base and mongrelised lefties have become, to the point where he praised the vicious antisemitic Islamist Raed Salah. I find this comment in ‘Left Foot Forward’ site so true:

‘The biggest betrayal of the far-left in recent years has been to side up with Islamofascists of all stripes, or act apologist for their behaviour, they have essentially helped embolden the Islamic far-right in many Western societies. Be it Corbyn, Ken Livingstone, Chomsky, Galloway (who is actually now part of the religious right), Owen Jones or Len McCluskey, these people have rallied behind a ‘leftist’ identity and have sold out the rights of women, gays, apostates and free-thinkers, have pissed all over democratic principles and free-speech, and have sured up the victim narrative, anti-semitism and half-truths the global Islamist movement relies upon. They are not, in any way, the allies of freedom, humanism or secularism, and the left, if it is to be any coherent political movement, must rid itself of this cancer’.

s.russell

Demonstrates the unwisdom of party members directly choosing the leader.
In a representative democracy where we elect MPs to make decisions on our behalf it is best that the same method is used to chose party leaders: members choose the MPs (democratically) and then MPs choose the leader.
It works for the same reason we go to a doctor or plumber or architect for a specialised service rather than try and do the job ourselves. Better to choose a good expert then trust their judgment.

Jim

@yoza: all I got out of that interview was that the interviewer is a total prat.

The problem with Corbyn (and others) is that they forget the *dynamic* aspect of shifting earnings from the productive sector to the welfare sector.

Sure, at some point in time (when the country is beginning to do well economically) it looks like the perceived inequality can be balanced with a tax bump and a welfare increase. It looks affordable under static analysis. But that totally ignores human nature and a big slice of the population – especially those near the border of being net productive. It ignores that you have just tilted the economy a little bit on the work incentive axis.

And yes, at time0 it might still balance.
And yes, if it is a sufficiently small tilt then it won’t disenchant the more motivated workers.
And yes, absolute take-home earnings is not everyone’s primary motivator.

But while not quite as provable as a law of physics, it seems quite obvious that the more generous an offering – the more people will gravitate towards it. Those near the net zero crossing point.

Simple thought exercise: if NZ raised all benefits to be at least equal to the average wage and increased tax sufficient to fund that then would there be more or less beneficiaries after 1 year? Think of all the ones that were earning less than that.. many might want to still work, but many will fail to see the reason why they should. Let’s remove those evil work requirements while we are at it.

But it does look all nice and warm and fuzzy and feel-goodish to many.

Dave Mann

A left-wing Labour MP has surged into second place as the activist’s choice for party leader.

Very poor standard of English from the Telegraph. This is the opening sentence. Which activist are they talking about? If they are talking about activists (plural) then FFS don’t they know where to put the bloody apostrophe?

We might as well just abandon all the rules of grammar and devolve into text-speak. Disappointing.

Corbyn has epitomised how base and mongrelised lefties have become, to the point where he praised the vicious antisemitic Islamist Raed Salah. I find this comment in ‘Left Foot Forward’ site so true:

‘The biggest betrayal of the far-left in recent years has been to side up with Islamofascists of all stripes, or act apologist for their behaviour, they have essentially helped embolden the Islamic far-right in many Western societies. Be it Corbyn, Ken Livingstone, Chomsky, Galloway (who is actually now part of the religious right), Owen Jones or Len McCluskey, these people have rallied behind a ‘leftist’ identity and have sold out the rights of women, gays, apostates and free-thinkers, have pissed all over democratic principles and free-speech, and have sured up the victim narrative, anti-semitism and half-truths the global Islamist movement relies upon. They are not, in any way, the allies of freedom, humanism or secularism, and the left, if it is to be any coherent political movement, must rid itself of this cancer’.

There is a huge difference between defending the humanity of Muslim populations who are being demonized in the corporate media and ruthlessly slaughtered by the Western military and what you and the nut you have quoted describe. To suggest the likes of Chomsky support the nonsense spouted by the idiot you quote is sheer idiocy.

Instead of making an idiot of yourself by posting such nonsense, perhaps you could provide evidence of this ‘sell out’ and post it here with a link.

@yoza: all I got out of that interview was that the interviewer is a total prat.

I thought that was blindingly obvious. The other thing you may have noticed is Corbyn is a long way from the ranting frothing Stalinist portrayed by the media.
Compare Trump with Corbyn. DPF, “This is a nightmare for the Republicans. Trump won’t win the nomination, and is unelectable as President. But his statements will poison the brand of the Republicans.” Next to a spluttering bigot like Trump, Corbyn comes across as articulate, thoughtful and highly intelligent human being.

The Occupied Six Counties are not part of the UK. They have always been part of Ireland, illegally occupied by Britain.

As much as you may not like it Sean, those six counties are indeed part of the UK. They elect members of parliament to Westminster, and have their own assembly at Stormount. This is kind of an ontological fact. It’s not an opinion based on one’s perspective. Right now, in 2015, those Irish counties are part of the UK. They just are.

Yes, they are also part of the island of Ireland, and have always been so, barring any catastrophic seismic activity splitting the island in twain. But the last part – “illegally occupied”, well, yes there are British troops stationed there, so the “occupied” part has some merit, though many of those troops are ethnically Irish. “Illegally”? well define “illegal”. I’m not familiar with international law in the middle ages, but I’d say it consisted of “my army beat the shit out of your army, so I win”.

Twinkletoes

Liam H
Re Jeremy Corbyn

Was that the first or second wife that disagreed with him over his son’s place of education? I see he is now on his third wife – how desperate must some women be as he is certainly no George Clooney underneath the unkempt straggly grey mess on his chin!

Obviously there must be some ‘je ne sais quoi’ about him not apparent to the public who only know about him through the MSM. As a female, it would be interesting to know what is it that he exudes that attracts women to him, doubt it is the smell of his aftershave?